Catch-basin cleaner



Oct. 9, 1928.

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CAT (DH-BASIN CLEANER.

Application filed September 13, 1922. Serial No. 587.929.

The principal objects of this invention are to provide a device for cleaning catch basins quickly and economically and with the 611111 1 nation of man power, so far as that 1 1s possible. 7 1

In the past it has been customary to scoop out catch basins by hand buckets or scoops on long poles. While thisv operation was known to be ineflicient and expensive, it ap- 1U pear-ed the best method possible, due to the nature of the refuse and the usual accumulation of water therein, which made it im-. possible for the operators to 0 down into the basin to shovel out the refuse.

means for operating it rapidly and efliciently and the devices which I employ, their con struction and operation will be fully set forth as the specification progresses. The 20 accompanying drawings should be referred to for a complete understandin of the specification which follows.

In the drawings 1 1, is a side elevation of my device.

Fig. 2, a top plan view.

the mast and parts associated therewith,

Fig. 4, a fractional View showing the driving mechanism. I

Fig. 5, is a front elevation of'the con-v tainer, showing a modified means of sup porting that member, and l Fig. 6, is a side elevation, showing a still further modified means for supporting the container.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

At 10 in Fig. 2, I show a man-hole and a catch basin, sump or sewer trap, which it is desired cleaned and which may be located within or without the curb line of a street.

All of my cleaning mechanism is mounted on the chassis of a truck of convenient size and as platform trucks are known and the method and operation of such devices well understood, I will refer to the truck as a whole, in brief detail, referring to it and indicating'it by the reference character 11.

The truck is provided with engine, trans 1 mission, controlling and steering mechanisms in the usual manner and from the transmission is a powertake-off, common to this type of apparatus, a pinion 12 on the takeoff meshing with the driving gear 13 of my device. f

Upon the body of the truck, I mount a lIy device employs a grab bucket and I p n on 28, also upon this shaft, which in turn drives gears 29 and 30, operatmg rope a partial, seetlonal view, showing hollowlmast 14, supported upon a thrust.

bearing 15 and free to rotate in the ball bear ings 16 and 17, which are spaced apart to support-the mast in a vertical position. A,

gear 18 securedto the mast 1 4 is rotated to a greateror less extent bythe worm 19 upon the. shaft and the clutch 21 upon this shaft provides means for disconnecting the worm gear- 19 from the shaft'20. Upon the shaft is a bevelled gear 22 ininesh with the bevelled. gear 23 upon'an intermediate jackeshaft 24 andupon this jack-shaft is an I intermediate gear 25 for driving a larger gear 26.- p I Thegearf26 on the shaft 27 rotates a gears, just described, in addition to the added convenience oflocation of the parts is to provide a proper speed reduction between the power take-off 12 and the drums'31and A'rope from the drum 31 passes over. the sheaves 33 arranged directly under the hollow; mast 14 and extending upward passes over one of the sheaves 34 at the top of the mast, outwardoverthe sheave 35 arranged fat the' end of the boom or arm j 36 to a pulley 37 which operates the jaws 38 of the grab bucket.

The rope from the drum 32 passes over the pulley 39 upward through the vertical mast, over the pulley 34, over the pulley 35 on the boom 36 and is securedat40 to the grab bucket and serves to raise and lower this bucket.

' Each of the drums 31 and 32 is provided with an operating lever as shown at 41 and 42. These levers controlling the movement of the drum and I also provide foot operated brakes 43 and 44 by means of which the rotation of thedrums may be checked and the drums retained in any desired position.

The mast 36, previously referred to is supported between the lugs 45 and the collar 46' which is pinned to the mast 14 and the brace or arm 41, secured upon theband 48 atthe top of the mast 14 also assists in supporting the boom,as this brace is bolted to the'boom.

I'arrange a casing 49 over the driving gears and it will be noted that for conven 'ence the mast- 14 is supported upon the plate 50 which is in turn mounted upon blocks 51, p 1

' the parts of which are secured by a nut and bolt 57, which may be released to allow the contain-er 53 to be removed, if desired.

The inner end of the container 53 is supported-upon a suitable bracket 58 and may or may not be secured to this bracket as desired. that the brackets 56 and 58 are provided with extensions 59 passing through stake holes in the platform of the truck and may be readily removed with the container 53, so that the truck may be used for other purposes of desired.

I call particular attention to the fact that it is not necessary to make the boom 36 adjustable as is common in hoisting apparatus, for the reason that the Whole device may be transported to a point so close to its seat of operations that the boom may be made to swing over the center. of the manhole and container upon the dotted line 60 as shown in Fig. 2'.

I provide a lever 63 as shown in Fig. 2 by means of which the power takeoff may be disconnected from the drum gears when the vehicle is, being transported from place to place.

The support for the container may be the bridge type structure as shown in Fig. 5 or I call particular attention to the fact it may be a platform 61 shown in Fig. 6 and the bearing members 58 may be omitted and and comprising a hollow mast, a boom infixed relation with said mast, a bucket supportedat the end of said" boom, a plurality of for hoisting and lowering said bucket and operating said bucket, all extending through said hollow mast, a container removabl'y mounted on said body, and power-driven means for rotating said mast for causing said bucket to pass over said container and to cause said boom to extend-outward from said truck body.

2. A catch basin cleaner comprising a truck, a hoisting device arranged thereon, and having a mast, a boom in fixed relation with said mast, a bucketsupported at the end of said boom, a plurality of cables for hoisting and lowering said bucket, and operating said bucket, a container removably mounted on said body, and power-driven means for'ope'rating said bucket and for rotating said mast for causingjsaid bucket to pass over said container and to cause said boom to extend outward from said truck body.

Signed atthecity, county and State of New York, this 12th day of September, 1922.

EDWARD P. HEALEY; 

